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29. Tragedy Struck His Firstborn. On May 5, 1857, Franz Joseph, his wife, and two daughters arrived in Pest, Hungary. The long journey was hard on the little girls, and soon, both caught the measles. Gisela, the stronger of Franz Joseph’s two daughters, soon recovered, but Sophie was not so lucky.
Nov 21, 2016 · The long-reigning monarch. Emperor Franz Joseph ruled over the Habsburg Monarchy for 68 years and died on November 21, 1916. For the centenary of his death, an Austrian exhibition explores in four ...
Nov 20, 2013 · Emperor Franz Joseph's reign was marked by revolutions, often fueled by rising liberalism and nationalism, and wars orchestrated by conquering architects such as Napoleon, Metternich, and Bismarck. This book gives attention to these political and cultural events, but it is moreover a biography of Emperor Franz Joseph and his enigmatic wife ...
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The Fritzl case emerged in 2008, when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl (born 6 April 1966) told police in the city of Amstetten, Lower Austria, that she had been held captive for 24 years by her father, Josef Fritzl (born 9 April 1935). Fritzl had assaulted, sexually abused, and raped his daughter repeatedly during her imprisonment inside a ...
Jul 6, 2018 · F ranz Xaver Winterhalter painted the portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, in 1865 (Kessler-Aurisch 214). He was a German artist born in 1805 in Menzenschwand, Germany (Britannica). He was part of several movements, such as Rococo, Neoclassicism and Romanticism (Wikipedia). He painted Sissi’s portrait at the end of his career; he died ...
Dec 3, 2022 · Sisi’s descendants (Part three) Saturday, 3 December 2022, 6:00 Moniek Bloks The Royal Women, The Year of Empress Elisabeth (Sisi) (2022) 0. (public domain) Read part two here. Empress Elisabeth of Austria and her husband Franz Joseph had four children, of which three survived to adulthood. These children all had children of their own, thus ...
Jan 17, 2020 · Franz Joseph I was born on August 18, 1830, in Vienna’s Schonbrunn Palace. He was the firstborn son of Franz Karl (the Archduke and son of Francis II) and Archduchess Sophie. His uncle, Emperor Ferdinand, was the reigning emperor at the time. Because the emperor was not so strong-minded, Franz Joseph’s mother decided to bring up his son as ...
